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Aug 4, 2015 9:55 PM UTC
Question

How to remove permanently CCFF on mac finder favorites sidebar? [Aug 2015]

Hi everyone I am trying to remove Creative Cloud Files Folder shortcut to my finder favorites but every restart its coming back. Click on mouse right side and choosing remove from sidebar and its removed but every restart come back. Its really annoying. How to remove permanently?

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Inspiring
May 13, 2024 10:10 AM UTC

I now also have this EXTREMELY ANNOYING issue!!!

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kglad
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May 13, 2024 1:23 PM UTC

@chfilm 

 

what fixes did you try?

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Inspiring
May 15, 2024 8:00 AM UTC

removing it from the sidebar over and over again. This must be a creative cloud issue, since it's happening on all my macs at the same time. 

/edit now I tried deleting the entire folder, and yes, for now it's gone. But that can not be the solution.

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SolutionD
Participant
Mar 15, 2024 6:07 PM UTC

Worked out a permanent solution to this issue. Simply right click on the offending Adobe folder in the sidebar and select "Show in Enclosing Folder" then move the Creative Cloud folder to the trash. Empty trash. Reboot and volia. It should not appear in your sidebar any longer.

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kglad
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Mar 16, 2024 12:46 AM UTC

others beware of @SolutionD suggestion.  you may want the files in that folder.  if so, move them before deleting.

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Known Participant
Mar 11, 2024 1:04 AM UTC

I have this issue now too, It only started happening about a month ago at the most, it is so annoying, I don't need it in my favorites bar, I already have it on my top tab, I have tried a few things suggested, but it still keeps coming back. I am on Mac, I run Sonama, but that wasn't updated or anything when it started happening. Does anyone have a fix for Mac?

 

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kglad
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Mar 11, 2024 1:10 AM UTC

@Nikki24079644p6x2 

 

mac:

copy any important file to another folder and then delete Creative Cloud Files + <account type> + <profile_name> + <email> + <GUID> (for example: Creative Cloud Files Personal Account email@abc.com ####@AdobeID).

 

default location, Mac HD/Users/<Username>/Creative Cloud Files

 

 

windows:

Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) & naviagate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace You'll probably have two sub-keys. OneDrive's sub-key will be nameed '{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}' Delete the other one, that will be Creative Cloud.

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Jakub Kasparek
Participating Frequently
Feb 10, 2024 4:50 PM UTC

every day I click to remove the finder, and it always comes back up.

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kglad
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Feb 10, 2024 4:53 PM UTC

@Jakub Kasparek 

 

did you follow mcsanborn's suggestion?

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Tom Grz
Participating Frequently
Feb 9, 2024 9:33 AM UTC

Me too, just started about a week ago. I have not updated any Adobe apps (PS, ID etc.), so this must have been a Creative Cloud App update as this was the only thing set to auto-update. I have deleted the folder as MCSanborn says and turned off CC App auto-update. Why do Adobe keep messing with things?

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Participant
Feb 7, 2024 9:23 AM UTC

Same issue as of early Feb 2024.

Favourites should be my selection... why is this folder (with an absurdly long name) inviting itself to that list?

 

 

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Rude Robin
Participant
Feb 7, 2024 4:38 PM UTC

Not really adding much to the convo, except I'm dealing with this as well.

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Participant
Feb 7, 2024 7:39 AM UTC

I'm glad I'm not the only one right now trying to fix this. Driving me crazy past couple days. Can't find a solution anywhere. Only thing I found was the link posted here about removing it from Windows but there is nothing about removing it on Mac. What is going on?

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Participant
Feb 4, 2024 12:09 PM UTC

This just started happening again, and none of the solutions here work anymore. Does anyone know how to deal with it?

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kglad
Community Expert
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Feb 4, 2024 12:22 PM UTC
matthiasy9591481
Participant
Feb 5, 2024 10:46 AM UTC

That's a fix for PC, not for OSX.

What is the fix for OSX?

Thank you,
M

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Lin He
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
Dec 2, 2015 4:38 PM UTC

Hi:

We appreciate your voice and provide the fix for the users in Mac OS and also Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 with the Creative Cloud 3.4.1.181 deployment. You could remove the shortcut from sidebar no matter file sync is on or off after you upgrade to Creative Cloud 3.4.1.181 and the shortcut will not return if computer was restarted.

We will keep improving our product for your voice.

Best Regards

Lin

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IHateAdobeMore
Participant
Dec 29, 2015 2:48 PM UTC

I'm using version 3.4.3.189 and it still has the issue of not being able to remove it from the sidebar of finder.  OS X 10.11.2 Macbook Pro

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fernanditron
Participant
Jan 4, 2016 3:33 PM UTC

Can confirm using pidgin's fix above worked;


  • Turned off File Sync in CC preferences
  • Deleted Creative Cloud Files folder
  • Opened Finder Preferences
  • Turned off my home folder as a favorite
  • Turned on my home folder as a favorite


..and Creative Cloud files was gone from sidebar

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Participant
Nov 30, 2015 9:24 AM UTC

oh yes... that did it!

thanks!

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